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(cnn) take it from president barack obama virginia's loudoun county is a must win swing district in a must win swing state 'we won last time in loudoun county, and if we win again, we win virginia,' obama declared at a rally in august 'and if we win virginia, we win the election' the final factor affecting many u... | epicardiac ladlefuls pavonian | no related information |
san diego, california (cnn) conditions that created what california gov arnold schwarzenegger dubbed 'the perfect storm for fire' eased wednesday, helping firefighters gain ground against devastating southern california wildfires a plane drops fire retardant on the fourth day of a wildfire pushed by winds through pa... | wadmols skilletfish telekinetically | no related information |
potomac, maryland (cnn) to combat the depression and despair during her 105 day stint in iran's notorious evin prison, haleh esfandiari welcomed all distractions and blocked thoughts of her beloved home and family haleh esfandiari talks to iranian media in front of evin prison after her august 21 release the irania... | haleh esfandiari iran iranian esfandiari wilson center ayatollah american | haleh esfandiari says she read, walked, wrote a book in her mind while in prison . scholar arrived home thursday after iran forbade her to leave for eight months . iranian government never said why they released esfandiari from jail last month . wilson center: ayatollah's letter marked first ever response to american l... |
khartoum, sudan (cnn) a sudanese court found a british teacher guilty of insulting religion and sentenced her to 15 days in prison thursday for allowing a teddy bear to be named 'mohammed,' british authorities and her lawyer reported an undated amateur photo of gillian gibbons, who has been found guilty of insulting... | british sudan gillian gibbons gibbons uk | british teacher in sudan found guilty of insulting religion . gillian gibbons, 54, arrested after her class named teddy bear 'mohammed'. gibbons was not convicted of two other charges brought against her . uk consular staff, gibbons' defense team initially refused access to the court |
(cnn) the owner of a north carolina beach house where seven college students died in a weekend fire said monday that his family's 'lives were just changed forever' by the tragedy chip auman said his 18 year old daughter survived the fire but was hospitalized and in stable condition because of complications from smok... | heartbroken university of south carolina | 'heartbroken' house owner's daughter among six survivors hospitalized . one survivor jumped out of a third story window into a canal to escape . university of south carolina mourns deaths of six students |
editor's note: the staff at cnncom has been intrigued by the journalism of vice, an independent media company and web site based in brooklyn, new york motherboardtv is vice's site devoted to the overlap between culture and technology the reports, which are being produced solely by vice, reflect a very transparent appro... | cesar harada mit gulf harada protei | engineer develops robotic sailboat to clean up oil spills . cesar harada left mit to pursue the project after visiting the 2010 gulf oil spill . motherboard visits harada's team as the assemble the first protei prototype |
(cnn) police in southern california have arrested the husband of a slain iraqi woman whose death authorities first thought could have been a hate crime on suspicion of her murder shaima alawadi, 32, died from her injuries in march after she was brutally beaten at her home a note beside the body told the family... | kassim al himidi iraqi shaima alawadi alawadi | kassim al himidi is in custody on suspicion of murdering his iraqi wife . shaima alawadi, 32, died in march after she was attacked at her home . a note beside the body called the family 'terrorists,' her daughter said . police say now alawadi's death was the result of domestic violence, not a hate crime |
washington (cnn) on the day he shot president ronald reagan, 25 year old john hinckley jr left in his hotel room a letter addressed to young actress jodie foster, with whom he was infatuated the letter began: 'dear jodie there is a definite possibility i will be killed in my attempt to get reagan' see letters hinck... | arise softened pickerels | no related information |
(cnn) the promoter for famed filipino fighter manny pacquiao says he expects to swiftly resolve a dispute with the country's tax authorities that have led to the boxer's assets being frozen in his homeland the 34 year old pacquiao, who is also a second term philippines congressman, announced tuesday his domestic ban... | filipino pacquiao philippines $50 million us | filipino boxer pacquiao has had his assets in his homeland frozen . philippines tax authorities are seeking proof he paid $50 million in taxes on us earnings . pacquiao's promoter says he is seeking documentation from us tax authorities . the freeze has delayed the boxer from delivering promised typhoon relief |
london (cnn) charles dickens is one of the world's best loved writers, whose books and the countless film and tv adaptations they inspire still keep readers (and viewers) on the edge of their seats now, 200 years on from his birth, his genius is to be feted with a host of events marking the bicentenary of one ... | charles dickens wales dickens westminster abbey | several events planned to mark bicentenary of birth of charles dickens . on tuesday prince of wales will lay wreath at dickens' grave in westminster abbey . dickens specialist puts author's continued popularity down to his modernity . dickens 2012 celebrations also planned elsewhere in the world |
(cnn) let the naming and shaming begin china will start to point the finger at its top ten most air polluted cities each and every month in the hopes that national humiliation will push positive environmental action a parallel list of the nation's ten cities with best air qualities will also be published beiji... | china chinese beijing tianjin adb | china to name and shame top ten worst polluting cities each month . 'air quality control is ecological red line,' says chinese vice premier . beijing, tianjin, cities in northern provinces have signed plan to speed up air pollution control . seven of world's top ten most air polluted cities in china, says adb report |
(cnn) with her weight loss challenge, shape up vicksburg, linda fondren is helping her mississippi hometown banish the bulge through the group's free fitness activities and nutrition classes, vicksburg residents have lost nearly 15,000 pounds to date below are fondren's thoughts on being chosen as a top 10 cnn hero ... | schizopodous proselytingly vibraharps | no related information |
kiev, ukraine (cnn) diplomatic wheels turned tuesday as much of the international community prepared to welcome and help support a new government in ukraine 'the united nations is committed to assist a ukrainian led, accountable and inclusive governance process, in a spirit of non violence and upholding the ke... | putin vitali klitschko turchinov thursday russian eu ukraine russia | new: putin 'is trying to find a pretext' to intervene, member of parliament says . opposition leader vitali klitschko says he will run for president . acting president turchinov delays appointing an interim unity government until thursday . russian foreign minister warns eu not to try to turn ukraine against russia |
(cnn) manchester united claimed a controversial 2 0 victory at home to tottenham on saturday night to keep up the pressure on english premier league leaders chelsea united stayed within five points of the defending champions, who came from behind to beat blackburn 2 1 earlier in the day, following a bizarre incident... | manchester united third fifth tottenham second nani chelsea blackburn arsenal west ham | manchester united third on goal difference after beating fifth placed tottenham 2 0 . win marred by late controversy surrounding second goal scored by nani . chelsea earlier maintained five point lead with 2 1 victory away to blackburn . arsenal claim second place after snatching late 1 0 win at bottom side west ham |
washington (cnn) some marine corps families, mourning a son or daughter killed in action, received an unexpected surprise for the holidays: an ornament of the purple heart, a letter addressed to their fallen hero and even information about athletic reconditioning the marine corps was apologizing tuesday for sending ... | marines | families of fallen marines received packages meant for injured veterans . the parcels offered information about athletic reconditioning . wounded warrior commander: 'we accept full responsibility for this error'. 1,150 packages went to families of marines who had died |
(cnn) president barack obama said he is not seeking 'regime change' in syria military action in syria, he said this weekend as he sought congressional approval, will be limited these assurances are meant to reassure those who fear a repeat of iraq but the idea of a limited intervention is an illusion once the united... | bardesanist salm hepatogenic | no related information |
(cnn) kendrick johnson, the teenager whose body was found rolled in a wrestling mat in a south georgia high school in january died from blows to the neck and elsewhere, not from accidental suffocation, a newly released, independent autopsy report says the report, obtained exclusively by cnn, directly contradicts the... | kendrick johnson lowndes county johnson | kendrick johnson was found dead in a wrestling mat in a lowndes county school . a newly released independent report says he died from being hit . the official determination was that johnson had accidentally suffocated . coroner: 'i'm just not sure we have enough information' for an inquest |
seoul, south korea (cnn) asiana airlines says it will proceed with its planned lawsuit against an oakland, california, television station, but it's not going to pursue legal action against the national transportation safety board over the weekend, the korean airline had said it would sue both entities after an inter... | ntsb asiana ktvu the national transportation safety board us | new: the intern is no longer with the ntsb . earlier, asiana said it would sue ktvu and the national transportation safety board . 'it's very difficult to conceive of a defamation suit prevailing here,' expert says . the airline says it has retained a us law firm |
(cnn) venezuelan president hugo chavez said wednesday he is cutting all ties with colombia as long as alvaro uribe remains its president colombian president alvaro uribe withdrew his support for the venezuelan leader's mediation efforts with the farc 'i say before the world, while president uribe is president of col... | snithe rhombencephalon nonprogressive | no related information |
editor's note: ann curley is the assignment manager for the cnn medical news unit she has been a type i diabetic for 40 years this is her story of life with diabetes ann curley uses a pump attached to a catheter in her body to monitor glucose levels and administer insulin (cnn) when i was 7 years old, my mom took me... | cnn medical unit ann curley | cnn medical unit assignment manager ann curley is a type i diabetic . she learned she had diabetes when she was 7 years old . testing progressed from fizzy tablets in urine to continuous glucose monitors . with changes in technology have come improvements in prognoses |
(cnn) between the presidential candidates and congressional races, at least $42 billion may have been spent on an election that ultimately ended up preserving the status quo in washington voters elected the same president and the same political parties the republicans in the house and the democrats in the senate ... | nonsequestered honorable comeupance | no related information |
(ewcom) nostalgia has been digitized in 'wreck it ralph's' byte size universe of arcade games, a pixelated panoply of characters (both copyrighted and made up) commingle each day after the final quarter has been dropped but for ralph, the bulldozer handed villain of the 1980s arcade relic fix it felix jr, life isn't... | wreck it ralph's ralph john c reilly | 'wreck it ralph's' ralph is voiced with hangdog perfection by john c reilly . the story itself risks getting overly sweet at this point, but miraculously it never melts into a syrupy wash . there are more videogame cameos and winks than you can shake a wiimote at |
(cnn) the international olympic committee has stripped american cyclist tyler hamilton of his 2004 gold due to doping and ordered him to return the medal that he won in the athens olympics 'hamilton, 41, who finished first in the men's individual time trial and 18th in the men's road race at athens 2004, was disqual... | ioc tyler hamilton the 2004 games hamilton athens lance armstrong armstrong | ioc: tyler hamilton admitted to using performance enhancing drugs before the 2004 games . the ioc says riders who finished behind hamilton in athens will now be moved up . hamilton has accused lance armstrong of doping; armstrong strongly denied the allegations |
huntington, utah (cnn) rescuers trying to find six miners will begin boring a sixth hole down into utah's crandall canyon mine friday, and the search will stop if no signs of life are found, the coal mine's co owner said bob murray, ceo of murray energy corp, says he is hurt by criticism he did not do enough to fin... | sixth friday bob murray wednesday fifth | a sixth and final bore hole will be drilled starting friday . mine co owner bob murray discussing how to honor miners 'for perpetuity'. wednesday rescuers completed boring a fifth hole in the mine |
(cnn) my grandfather jacques yves cousteau shared with me many stories about the united nations earth summit in 1992 and the sense of hope that surrounded it i have kept a copy of the speech he made there on june 5th outlining his concerns for the future of humankind the insight it provides now, on the eve of the 20... | philippe cousteau's jacques first earth summit rio cousteau | philippe cousteau's grandfather jacques was at first earth summit in rio in 1992 . cousteau says empowerment and education of women is key to achieving rio+20 summit goals . rising global population combined with changing climate puts 'humanity on the edge of a knife' says cousteau |
(cnn) loathed by most, loved by virtually none, battlefield cuisine has left an indelible mark on the taste buds of american troops and it's not a good one marines eat their mres in a burned out hotel in haqlaniyah, iraq, in 2006 'meals rejected by everyone' is a popular nickname for mres, which stands for meals ... | army italian mexican mre | army technicians working to improve quality, taste of combat food . italian, mexican and vegetarian meals are represented in the mre . mres replaced the c ration in the early 1980s . new field ration will feed troops during intense combat operations |
(ew) from 'dope' to 'nope' after rihanna hit up 'what what happens live' to tell andy cohen her thoughts on ex boyfriend chris brown, the man himself took to la radio station power 106 to clarify their purportedly rekindled relationship 'no,' breezy told host big boy when asked whether he and riri have romantically ... | chris brown rihanna watch what happens live brown | chris brown addressed rumors that he's back with his ex, rihanna . she had gone on 'watch what happens live' and denied they are a couple . rihanna said brown is 'pretty dope' |
beijing (cnn) chinese president hu jintao, set to begin handing over power to his successor, warned thursday that a failure to deal with corruption could bring down china's ruling communist party and the state it controls hu was speaking at the party's 18th national congress in beijing, a key meeting of top official... | beijing tibetans tibetan | thousands of delegates gather in beijing for the meeting . the key meeting follows a year beset by scandal for the party . four tibetans set themselves on fire, the tibetan government in exile says |
new delhi, india (cnn) after harsh criticism and controversy, the 2010 commonwealth games will officially begin sunday in new delhi, india it's the first time india has hosted the international sporting event between countries of the former british empire britain's prince charles, representing his mother, queen eliz... | colloped supereligible paucity | no related information |
(cnn) in a rare and candid interview, cnn's robyn curnow spoke to nelson mandela's wife of 10 years, graca machel, to find out more about the man from the person who arguably knows him the best here, machel reveals that mandela's courageous and eventful life has left him with only one regret machel: 'we have enjoyed... | recide huffiness epithalamion | no related information |
(cnn) former french national coach raymond domenech is suing the french football federation (fff) for unfair dismissal, demanding 29 million euros after his sacked in the wake of france's disastrous world cup campaign domenech was fired by the fff in september for 'serious error' and under french law a person ... | french raymond domenech french football federation domenech 29m euros france world cup | former french national coach raymond domenech is suing french football federation . domenech is demanding 29m euros following his dismissal for unfair dismissal . domenech was dismissed following france's disastrous world cup finals campaign |
(cnn) california voters rejected the legalization of marijuana tuesday, according to a cnn projection based on exit polling supporters of proposition 19 argued that the 'prohibition' of marijuana much like that for alcohol decades ago has created a violent criminal black market, led today by international drug... | california cnn south dakota arizona south carolina colorado | california voters reject legalizing marijuana, cnn projects . medical marijuana measure fails in south dakota, cnn projects . arizona, south carolina and south dakota approve anti union measures, cnn projects . colorado rejects definition of 'person' in anti abortion measure, cnn projects |
washington (cnn) a man has been arrested for making threats against rep tulsi gabbard of hawaii, law enforcement officials said thursday anirruddha sherbow was apprehended by mexican law enforcement officers in tijuana on wednesday the fbi and us capitol police said sherbow made threats against the hawaii democrat t... | heterosuggestion pomptine acleidian | no related information |
(cnn) for some, going to work after losing a son would be unthinkable for others, it's a way to cope that's the route minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson took, choosing to play sunday, just two days after the death of his son, who was living with his mother in south dakota the woman's 27 year old boyfrien... | nfl two days adrian peterson sunday fox sports peterson minnesota vikings the carolina panthers | nfl running back plays two days after learning a son had died . adrian peterson said he never thought about sitting out sunday's game . 'god wants good to come from it,' fox sports reported peterson said in a text message . peterson's minnesota vikings lost 35 10 to the carolina panthers in sunday's game |
cardiff, wales former wales and british lions center ray gravell has died of a suspected heart attack aged 56, the welsh rugby union (wru) has announced gravell won 23 caps for wales and played on the lions tour of south africa in 1980 gravell had been on holiday with his family in the spanish mediterranean island o... | stenosepalous estonia outroad | no related information |
columbia, south carolina (cnn) democratic sen barack obama kicked off a series of local outreach gospel concerts friday in charleston, south carolina, that unexpectedly came back to bite his campaign democratic presidential hopeful barack obama is competing for the black vote with hillary clinton the concerts were ... | obama african american christians s carolina | obama holding concerts to win over african american christians in s carolina . but lineup offends homosexuals, angered by appearance of anti gay singer . obama disavows preacher singer's views, asks gay pastor to appear too |
madrid, spain atletico madrid recovered from their painful recent defeat by barcelona to crush european rivals real zaragoza 4 0 in the primera liga on sunday luis garcia celebrates his first atletico madrid goal in their superb 4 0 victory over real zaragoza luis garcia's first goal for the club, a double from arge... | atletico madrid zaragoza maxi rodriguez luis garcia diego forlan getafe murcia | atletico madrid bounce back to form with a superb 4 0 victory over zaragoza . maxi rodriguez scores twice with luis garcia and diego forlan also on target . getafe registered their first win of the season with a 2 0 victory over murcia |
rio de janeiro (cnn) world leaders poured into rio de janeiro on wednesday, 20 years after the landmark earth summit, to commit themselves to a new roadmap for sustainable development with that roadmap already under fire for failing to set firm goals the three day rio+20 summit opened with words of warning from t... | bidentalia arterialise halluces | no related information |
new york (cnn) the air was declared clean, but the carcinogen asbestos was found in dust and debris hurled into midtown manhattan by a steam pipe explosion the day before, new york city announced thursday a steam pipe burst in midtown manhattan during rush hour wednesday the city's department of emergency management... | new jersey department of environmental protection | new: at least 44 injured in blast, including some police officers, firefighters . new: new jersey woman died from cardiac arrest, mayor says . no asbestos in air, but it was detected in six of 10 samples of dust, debris . department of environmental protection will continue to test debris |
london (cnn) the church of england named former oil executive justin welby as the next archbishop of canterbury, making him the titular leader of the world's 77 million anglicans welby, who has been a bishop for only a year, is considered an outspoken critic of the excesses of capitalism, a supporter of women bishop... | justin welby's welby anglicans | new: church leaders welcome justin welby's appointment . welby will become the titular leader of the world's 77 million anglicans . 'to be nominated to this post is both astonishing and exciting,' he says . archbishop elect says he will vote for women bishops, opposes gay marriage |
(cnn) a man has died in an incident at the official residence of swedish prime minister fredrik reinfeldt in stockholm, swedish police confirmed friday the incident is not being treated as terrorism, and the man who died is not connected with the swedish government, a police spokeswoman said investigations are conti... | swedish fredrik reinfeldt | new: police: a death at the residence of the swedish prime minister is not linked to terrorism . new: the man who died is not connected to the swedish government, police say . prime minister fredrik reinfeldt was not present when the death occurred, his office says |
(cnn) dolly parton suffered minor injuries in a traffic crash at a nashville intersection on monday, according to the singer and police 'i was in a fender bender this morning, here in nashville,' parton, 67, said in a twitter posting 'but i am all good just a little tired and sore, resting at home' a nashville polic... | retinochorioidal bilophodont knocking | no related information |
(cnn) the us food and drug administration said wednesday a closed texas food processing plant tested positive for a bacteria that has been linked to the deaths of four people the texas department of state health services on october 20 ordered sangar fresh cut produce to immediately stop processing food and recall al... | callings reacquire leadenpated | no related information |
(cnn) neanderthals likely died off about 30,000 years ago, but they may have come up with a tool making technique that influenced later humans in europe, a new study suggests scientists have uncovered evidence that neanderthals were making specialized bone tools before modern humans arrived in europe 'it opens the p... | alpiste aldermanship cdf | no related information |
(cnn) japan says it will hunt whales in the southern ocean this winter and will send a fisheries agency ship to guard its whalers against promised intervention by a conservation group 'the fisheries agency will send a patrol boat and take increased measures to strengthen the protection given to the research whaling ... | japan australia | japan's hunt last winter was cut short 2 months due to activists . anti whaling group says it saved 800 whales . australia's attorney general wants japan's whaling to stop |
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) a group of former us military and intelligence officers, including retired navy seals, appear in a 22 minute documentary that was released on wednesday asserting that the obama administration has leaked considerable classified intelligence about the raid that killed osama bin laden for polit... | us obama peter bergen white house bergen bin laden | former us officers accuse obama of leaking classified information for political gain . peter bergen says much of the information cited came from sources outside white house . he says administration sought to keep details secret, but events led to disclosures . bergen says the idea that obama doesn't deserve credit for ... |
(cnn) the company owns the venetian resort hotel casino and the sands expo and convention center in las vegas, nevada and the sands macau in the people's republic of china's special administrative region of macau, as well as venetian macau limited, a developer of additional multiple casino hotel resort properties in... | allophanamide threadfoot squintingly | no related information |
washington (cnn) state department officials should serve where they are needed even in war torn iraq, us secretary of state condoleezza rice said friday us secretary of state condoleezza rice says that 'people need to serve where they are needed' rice was responding to foreign service officers' objections to the ... | condoleezza rice iraq rice | condoleezza rice responds to foreign service officers' objections on iraq duty . 'directed assignments' will be enforced if enough officers don't volunteer in iraq . rice: department doing 'everything that we can to try and protect our diplomats'. one official calls order to serve in iraq 'a potential death sentence' |
san diego, california (cnn) favorable weather and firefighter reinforcements helped ease the fire danger in parts of southern california thursday, but the human toll from the disaster was still coming to light a firefighter watches the harris fire four bodies were found in a canyon in the path of the blaze thursday ... | qualcomm stadium noon friday san diego southern california bush washington | new: qualcomm stadium to close as an emergency shelter at noon friday . charred bodies of three men and a woman found near san diego . more than half of southern california fires are fully contained . bush to fire victims: we're not going to forget you in washington |
(cnn) the commander of the nuclear powered submarine uss hampton has been relieved of his command amid an inquiry into misconduct by crew members, the us navy said friday the uss hampton appears in an undated photograph cmdr michael b portland lost his post 'due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,' t... | navy | navy says it has lost confidence in officer's ability to command . crew members on sub disciplined for faking inspection records, navy says . ten people have been relieved of duty; six received 'nonjudicial punishment' |
(cnn) a bus hopped a highway median and crashed into a pickup truck before being broadsided by an 18 wheeler, arkansas police said, killing the pickup driver and two bus riders two passengers were found dead inside the bus, said arkansas state police forty people were hurt in sunday night's crash, which shut down a ... | ap i 40 13 miles forrest city arkansas | bus driver, tractor trailer trucker injured in 3 vehicle crash, ap reports . bus crossed median, hit pickup truck, then 18 wheeler, killing 3 . all lanes of i 40 closed for 13 miles east of forrest city, arkansas . driver of the pickup truck and two bus passengers killed, police say |
(cnn) political consensus was hard to find at last month's rio +20 earth summit but there was at least one group speaking with unity on the planet's environmental and economic future hundreds of activists gathered on the city's copacabana beach to make a simple demand of their elected leaders and representatives: co... | beechnuts blackbelly etherealising | no related information |
(cnn) if someone had asked kelly pless to describe herself three years ago, the word 'fit' would have never crossed her mind kelly pless weighed 220 pounds at her heaviest she lost 95 pounds through diet and exercise for most of her adult life, the 31 year old graduate student from sunny isles beach, florida, has st... | kelly 220 pounds 95 pounds 40 miles two marathons this winter | kelly pless started gaining as a teen and weighed 220 pounds at her heaviest . exercise and an 'eat to live' eating philosophy helped her shed 95 pounds . pless started out walking but now runs 40 miles a week . she is training to run two marathons this winter |
(cnn) long lines lingered in some key states after polls closed in most of the united states, but voters and election officials reported few snags in tuesday's balloting in florida and virginia, people who were in line at the end of voting hours were allowed to cast their ballots a process that took hours and str... | beancod tarnside stadias | no related information |
charlotte, north carolina (cnn) shane brown squeezed through a gap between sections of a steel security fence 9 feet high, picked his way across a vacant lot infested with fire ants and climbed atop a rickety wooden platform he stepped up and spoke into the microphone: 'god is a good, good god' his words were ampli... | tampa charlotte first 1988 atlanta | hardly anyone used the 'free speech zones' at the conventions . the zones were set aside for protesters, others to voice their views . protesters complained zones were too far from the action in tampa, charlotte . free speech zones first established in 1988 in atlanta amid protests over abortion |
(cnn) hill harper, star of the cbs series 'csi: ny,' founded the manifest your destiny foundation to empower young people through mentoring, scholarship and grant programs harper, who is also a best selling author and a graduate of harvard law school and the kennedy school of government, served on the blue ribbon pa... | bathetically tartaric bemajesty | no related information |
new york (cnn) america's job crisis is a result of decades of shopping on credit and underinvesting in research to fuel new industries, says analyst fareed zakaria in a recent cover story in time magazine and in a special on cnn this weekend zakaria traces the growing loss of faith in the american dream and the ways... | americans fareed zakaria zakaria restoring the american dream | for decades, americans have been overconsuming on credit, says fareed zakaria . he says government has to fund major investments in research and development . zakaria says investment will have to be paid for through new revenues . 'restoring the american dream' airs saturday 9 pm et/pt, sunday 10 am et/pt |
new york (cnn) a federal jury in new york ruled tuesday that a man who identifies as black and hispanic and the nonprofit he founded must pay punitive damages to an african american employee after a previous ruling that the use of the 'n word' is inappropriate among minorities in a workplace the ruling stems from a ... | sexagenarianism tricarbimide cumic | no related information |
(cnn) on sunday night miley cyrus put on a performance at mtv's video music awards that appeared specifically contrived to elicit controversy and, by monday morning, sure enough the controversy had arrived for those who missed it (and in fact i missed it until compelled to watch it on youtube due to the controversy)... | christopher ferguson miley cyrus' ferguson | christopher ferguson: miley cyrus' performance seemed calculated to spark controversy . he says the act succeeded in drawing attention and provoking objections from watchdog group . was it in poor taste? ferguson says yes, but it's not the end of civilization . ferguson: there's little reason to think these performance... |
new york (cnn) new york city's annual halloween parade may go dark for a second year if organizers don't raise $50,000 by monday to make up for losses caused by superstorm sandy in 2012 for the first time in its 39 year history, the parade was canceled at the last minute in 2012 after sandy 'frankenstormed' the even... | 2012 organizers 500,000 monday 2013 | superstorm sandy forced organizers to cancel the parade in 2012 . organizers must raise $500,000 by monday or there will be no 2013 parade . parade will boost local economy, organizers say |
(cnn) three senegalese peacekeeping officers were killed in an attack on a convoy in darfur on sunday, the united nations said an unidentified armed group ambushed a water convoy on its way to a regional headquarters of the joint african union united nations peacekeeping force, a un statement said one truck was hija... | senegal tanzanian july sudan darfur | slain peacekeepers were from senegal . similar ambush killed 7 tanzanian peacekeepers in july . secretary general calls on sudan to apprehend attackers . decade of conflict in darfur has killed up to 300,000, displaced almost 3 million |
(cnn) on december 21, 2012, our calendar will align with the maya date 130000, completing a great maya cycle of time there's been a lot of hoopla that we are about to face a doomsday better known as the maya apocalypse there are television specials and panic buying of disaster supplies in russia, a reminder of th... | mayan mary miller miller | there are doomsday fears of mayan apocalypse on december 21 . mary miller: the world will not come to an end, but we have pressing challenges . she says the maya ignored crisis, including depletion of natural resources . miller: we have to confront our own problems, such as global warming |
(cnn) in choosing a new cia director to replace david petraeus, president barack obama has a range of well qualified candidates to choose from, although some of the most qualified were in management roles at the cia when controversial interrogation techniques were used by agency interrogators questioning al qaeda pr... | peter bergen obama david petraeus cia michael morell osama bin laden john brennan michael vickers jane harman | peter bergen: president obama has several qualified choices for replacing david petraeus . he says some could face questions on cia interrogation techniques, secret prisons . acting director michael morell had key part in response to 9/11, search for osama bin laden . other candidates include john brennan, michael vick... |
(cnn) afghan president hamid karzai will meet with president barack obama on friday to discuss the post 2014 american presence in afghanistan the us military has already given obama options under which as few as 6,000 or as many as 20,000 soldiers would remain in afghanistan after 2014 those forces would work as adv... | white house us afghanistan peter bergen taliban bergen | white house aide suggested all us troops could be withdrawn from afghanistan . peter bergen said the idea would be dangerous and send the wrong message . he says us has abandoned afghanistan before and saw the rise of the taliban . bergen: us is seeking agreement that military will have immunity from prosecution |
far rockaway, new york (cnn) first sandy then a nor'easter residents in this small hamlet at the eastern edge of rockaway peninsula are exhausted and on edge eleven days after superstorm sandy made landfall, flooding nearly all of the rockaways, they are still cold and in the dark huddled beneath blankets and with t... | kalendar subtilist corolliform | no related information |
(cnn) it was two years late and billions of dollars over budget, but this week the singapore airline owned a380 completed its maiden passenger journey between singapore and sydney making history: the first double bed on a commercial jet on board were nearly 500 passengers who had bid thousands of dollars for the hi... | nonexpressive effigiating tauting | no related information |
washington (cnn) the illegal export of us military technology to iran and china poses a growing threat, the justice department said thursday as it announced plans to combat the practice iran is the only country still flying the f 14 tomcat the department said the united states will tighten monitoring of export licen... | iran china justice department pittsburgh utah | illegal exports to iran, china an increasing problem, justice department says . pittsburgh company cited for export of products with nuclear applications . utah men charged with attempting to illegally export jet fighter parts |
(cnn) behind the state banquet and smiles from queen elizabeth and british prime minister gordon brown, king abdullah of saudi arabia's visit to london this week caused a wave of dissent the uk political elite boycotted events demonstrators lined the mall the uk foreign secretary pulled out of a meeting with his sau... | saudi arabia uk the middle east britain second kingdom the 1990s | saudi arabia is the uk's largest trading partner in the middle east . britain is also the second largest foreign investor in the kingdom . the uk has been one of the top five exporters to saudi arabia since the 1990s . exports to britain are expected to reach a record high in the non oil sector |
washington (cnn) a seismic study found that the washington monument can withstand a worst case earthquake scenario, officials said thursday in describing needed repairs to the iconic landmark damaged in the 58 magnitude quake a year ago the 555 foot monument will be under full scaffolding for repairs to damaged marb... | noncomic comprizes unchristianize | no related information |
(cnn) in a rare and candid interview, cnn's robyn curnow spoke to nelson mandela's wife of 10 years, graca machel, to find out more about the man from the person who arguably knows him the best here, machel reveals that mandela's courageous and eventful life has left him with only one regret machel: 'we have enjoyed... | mandela gracel machel | mandela's wife describes life with her 'wonderful husband'. gracel machel says mandela regrets the time he lost with his children . mandela also frustrated by the incapacities of old age, she says |
washington (cnn) president barack obama called the next house speaker republican rep john boehner of ohio on tuesday night after mid term election results gave the gop majority control of the chamber starting next year the white house said obama also called the two top house democrats outgoing speaker nancy... | divesture kanchil karaoke | no related information |
(cnn) the supreme court on monday upheld the conviction of a man who bought a handgun but broke the law by not disclosing his intent to resell it to a relative it was a rare setback for gun rights advocates who contend government efforts to track and keep firearms out of the wrong hands go too far the court ruled 5 ... | court obama | former police officer convicted of buying a gun for an uncle but not saying so . federal law aimed at transparency in gun sales to keep them out of the wrong hands . court ruled narrowly, supports obama administration position on the issue |
new york (cnn) judson box has never known exactly how his son, gary, died on september 11, 2001 but an unexpected find nine years later has given him a glimpse into his son's final hours gary, then 35, had been working as a firefighter in brooklyn for roughly five years when the terrorists attacked he did not speak ... | gary box danish | gary box died on 9/11 without speaking to family; his remains were not recovered . visit to tribute center prompts family to look for photos of him from that day . search yields picture of the firefighter running through a tunnel toward attacks . box's father meets danish businessman who took picture: 'i think i told h... |
(cnn) the family of a florida man has released video of his death, hoping to get criminal charges filed against the police officer who ran him over on may 8, marlon brown was being chased by deland police because they allegedly saw that he was not wearing a seatbelt at a dead end road, brown stopped his car and star... | marlon brown deland florida dashcam | marlon brown died on may 8 after he was run over by a deland, florida, police officer . the police officer was fired, but a grand jury decided not to indict him . outraged, his family released dashcam video of his death . the family want the police officer to face criminal charges |
(cnn) bad weather forced nasa to delay the launch of space shuttle discovery by at least a day thursday mission managers will meet friday at 5 am et to re evaluate weather conditions, nasa said it was the latest in a series of delays for the 39th and final voyage for discovery, the agency's oldest shuttle discovery'... | discovery african american | the shuttle was set to blast off on thursday afternoon . discovery has flown more missions than any other shuttle . it flew the first female shuttle pilot and the first african american spacewalker |
bukavu, democratic republic of congo (cnn) many of congo's rape survivors took to the streets sunday to speak out against sexual violence in a country where it has become a weapon of war 'my heart is in pain, why are you raping me?' sang the rape victims, many of whom left hospital beds to join the march in eastern ... | congo eastern congo | rape is a weapon of war in congo . eastern congo has 15,000 rape victims just from last year . the march aims to combat a societal stigma attached to rape victims . many women left hospital beds to join event |
copiapo, chile (cnn) once a star soccer player, frankie lobos loves being out on the field, in the open air but the soccer legend fell on hard times, and became a miner 'being on the football field is what i have spent my life doing,' he says 'i never wanted to be a miner then i was in a mine for 69 days with little... | frankie lobos chilean | frankie lobos once played pro soccer, but fell on hard times . he ended up in the chilean mine that collapsed . when his rescuer arrived, it turned out they had met before |
washington (cnn) getting a deal done on the government shutdown was ugly, divisive and controversial and it has left a few people missing pork days after republicans kept their house majority in the 2012 election, speaker john boehner doubled down on a ban on earmarks those legislative nuggets that get embedded i... | hld banjos burkites | no related information |
(cnn) on thursday, president obama and former presidents jimmy carter, george hw bush and bill clinton are due to attend the grand opening of president george w bush's presidential library and archive in dallas, texas the opening of the library offers an opportunity to think again about the legacy of the bush presid... | julian zelizer bush 43rd zelizer | julian zelizer says opening of bush library rekindles debate over 43rd president . he says many of bush's counterterrorism policies remain and are still being questioned . bush will also be judged on his economic policies and deficit spending, he says . zelizer: how will history view the long term impact of bush's pre ... |
(cnn) when it comes to choosing the paint color of automobiles, drivers really are predictable the top paint color choice in 2012 for us car buyers is white (21%), matching similar findings almost 10 years ago; black (19%) is a close second, followed by silver and gray (16% each) if you're driving anything painted g... | gastrophilist inhaling palmus | no related information |
(cnn) tens of thousands of congolese refugees fled camps tuesday in the democratic republic of congo as rebel troops attacked government forces in the area, the un refugee agency said refugees move along a road tuesday in mugunga, near goma, in the democratic republic of congo a press release from the un high commis... | enoint siberic trimetrogon | no related information |
(cnn) republicans appeared to have regained the majority of us governorships tuesday night, capturing 10 in states where the previous executives were democrats, according to cnn projections of exit poll data but democrats scored two takeaways, including in california, where cnn projected that jerry brown will defeat... | unrestrainable lifebuoy suburbanisation | no related information |
(cnn) george hw bush turns 90 today (june 12), only the fourth american president to reach that age he's the last of the world war ii presidents, the last american leader to preside over the cold war, the last of a generation of elected leaders who saw themselves as old fashioned public servants rather than cutthroa... | merrytrotter malpracticed corydon | no related information |
(cnn) this time jason dufner hung on to the lead, and his reward was winning a first major at the pga championship two years ago at the same tournament, dufner led by five shots in the dying stages but he crumbled and eventually lost in a playoff to pal keegan bradley although he's not one for showing too much emoti... | laicizes preemptor monumentality | no related information |
washington (cnn) us and north korean officials met secretly in new york in the days before north korea's latest round of threats and provocations, although nothing came of the meeting, according to a source familiar with the matter the source described the meeting as part of regular back channel exchanges between th... | new york north korea obama pyongyang us | nothing came of new york meeting days before north korea unleashed threats . source says meeting part of regular back channel exchanges . the obama administration called for pyongyang to avoid provocative actions . 'new york channel' set up for us, north korea to exchange information, messages |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) genarlow wilson, freed last week from a georgia prison, said he's glad he rejected a plea deal from prosecutors, even if it would have sprung him from prison months earlier genarlow wilson tells cnn on sunday that he will be more conservative and alert in the future the 21 year old, who served... | abnormalized establishmentism equianchorate | no related information |
washington (cnn) the confirmation of michael mukasey as attorney general was all but assured friday when two key democratic senators said they will vote in favor of the nominee despite questions about his views on 'waterboarding' and the president's power to order electronic surveillance sens dianne feinstein of ca... | feinstein schumer michael mukasey's judiciary committee patrick leahy michael mukasey tuesday | new: feinstein, schumer say they'll vote for attorney general nominee . michael mukasey's nomination now expected to pass judiciary committee . sen patrick leahy says he will not vote to confirm michael mukasey . committee scheduled to vote on nomination on tuesday |
(cnn) nine people were killed and 19 injured after a tour bus carrying people on a ski trip left a highway and rolled over sunday night in southeastern utah, a highway patrol spokesman said the seats of the bus that rolled over are exposed to the snow at the crash site in southeastern utah on monday at least 50 peop... | utah telluride colorado phoenix arizona weekend | death toll rises to nine as tour bus runs off highway, rolls over . bus was carrying at least 50 people when it crashed in southeastern utah . bus was en route from telluride, colorado, to phoenix, arizona, after weekend ski trip |
(cnn) the first week his debut album, 'up all night,' came out, kip moore found himself nestled in the billboard 200's top 10 between the likes of jack white, adele, lionel richie, nicki minaj and jason mraz the late april release landed at no 6, an impressive showing for a guy who's released two singles so far but ... | sagesse repunishable ruthful | no related information |
denver, colorado (cnn) colorado sen michael bennet claimed victory in his bid for a full term wednesday, but his republican opponent has yet to concede the race 'i am humbled by your support,' the democratic incumbent told supporters in denver 'i won't let you down' bennet was appointed in 2009 to replace ken salaza... | woodrow sulfurize episiocele | no related information |
london, england petra nemcova is a former victoria's secret supermodel turned philanthropist despite her riches, nemcova, who grew up with few luxuries in communist czechoslovakia, told cnn that her most important work is her charity, the happy hearts fund the model set up the foundation after her near death experie... | czech cnn golden city prague vaclav havel artictic nemcova 2004 asian | czech supermodel and philanthropist shows cnn around her 'golden city,' prague . nemcova: 'prague is like former president vaclav havel: admirable, artictic and proud'. nemcova also talks about growing up under communism and surviving the 2004 asian tsunami |
(cnn) rangers and scientists have made contact for the first time in more than a year with critically endangered gorillas threatened by a war in the democratic republic of congo, a national park announced tuesday young gorillas play in congo's virunga national park in an undated photograph the congolese government a... | rangers congo 14 months ago virunga national park | rangers return to park after fleeing congo fighting 14 months ago . at last count, virunga national park had 200 of the world's 700 mountain gorillas . fighting threatens gorillas in park, which rebels control |
(cnn) when france won the 1998 world cup on home soil their triumph was hailed as a unifying force for a country with a difficult colonial past and where racial tensions were never far from the surface the team was labeled the black, blanc, beur (black, white, arab) because of the seamless mix of french born and du... | wafers rynchosporous hypaxial | no related information |
san salvador, el salvador (cnn) buried underground about 30 miles from el salvador's capital city, police made a staggering find this week: 213 grenades investigators described the arsenal uncovered tuesday as 'anti tank grenades' the kind of weapons only members of the military are allowed to use in the central ... | desmoncus kevutzoth pansclerotic | no related information |
(cnn) disbelieving chelsea fans have been celebrating with their champions league winning team in london on a victory parade the day after the club won the trophy for the first time in their history chelsea's squad and temporary manager roberto di matteo traveled on two open top buses, waving blue scarves as they sh... | chelsea champions league london bayern munich first john terry bayern | chelsea parade the champions league trophy through southwest london . the blues beat bayern munich on penalties for their first ever champions league win . chelsea captain john terry leads players and fans in chant of 'champions'. bayern fans in disbelief after seeing team waste chances to win in their home stadium |
(cnn) liberals need to stop complaining about the right in recent weeks, the chorus of criticism emanating from liberals has been intensifying, focusing on how right wing republicans have shut down the government and are threatening the global economy many observers agree with this criticism, including a number of r... | julian zelizer gop zelizer republicans | julian zelizer: liberal complaints about the tactics of the right accomplish nothing . he says liberals should be looking for ways to pressure gop members in their districts . if gop can normalize shutdowns, it will use tactic again and again, he says . zelizer: moderate republicans might help push back against conserv... |
(cnn) a fire and 'technical issue' aboard two boeing 787 dreamliners on friday raised new safety concerns for the long troubled airliner the fire ignited on an empty 787 operated by ethiopian airlines that was parked at london's heathrow airport no one was hurt and the incident shut runways for about an hour before ... | ex dot faa heathrow dreamliner techncal second dreamliner friday ethiopian airlines boeing | new: ex dot official tweets that burn marks are not next to the batteries . faa says it's sending 'an official' to heathrow after dreamliner fire . 'techncal issue' aboard a second dreamliner friday, forces it to return to airport . a fire breaks out on an empty ethiopian airlines boeing 787 at heathrow airport |
(cnn) scott jamieson was so close to breaking new ground at the portugal masters on saturday no golfer on the european tour had ever shot a 59, and there the scot was on the 18th and last hole, needing a birdie to achieve the magical round but jamieson couldn't convert a roughly 15 foot chip and had to settle for a ... | scotland scott jamieson the portugal masters jamieson paul waring jim furyk the pga tour | scotland's scott jamieson misses out on a historic 59 at the portugal masters . needing a birdie on the final hole to shoot the 59, he had to settle for par . jamieson moved into contention at the tournament, tied for second behind paul waring . earlier this year, jim furyk became the sixth player on the pga tour to ta... |
(cnn) in an ever evolving, increasingly crowded beverage market, starbucks is waking up and smelling the coffee the problem is it's not their house blend 'here's a statistic that people are surprised by despite the long term success that we've enjoyed, we have less than 10 percent share of coffee consumption in nort... | starbucks n american 10 percent folgers the united states seattle burger king subway | starbucks wants a bigger share of n american coffee market than its current 10 percent . folgers is the largest producer of retail packaged coffee in the united states . starbucks to put its seattle's best brand in burger king and subway . starbucks flavored coffees vanilla, caramel, cinnamon head to grocery stor... |
washington (cnn) a pakistan based terrorist group that is actively attacking american troops across the border in afghanistan is an 'arm' of the pakistani intelligence agency, the top us military officer told congress on thursday the blunt accusation from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, adm michael mullen... | pakistan haqqani mullen afghanistan panetta | pakistan denies its intelligence agency supports the haqqani network . pakistan says to stop the allegations or 'you will lose and ally'. 'the haqqani network acts as a veritable arm of pakistan's intelligence,' mullen says . 'the insurgency has been turned back in much' of afghanistan, panetta says |
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